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12-23-2012 04:18 AM

NewbALewb

AMD hasnt been ahead of intel in years. The i7 has , and will dominate the market. I think amd always gets the jump on cpu's with more cores, but the last amd i bought was back when they released their first dual core. AMD x2 4400 i think, and i built that computer roughly 8 years ago. Once the i7 came out amd fell off the map.

12-23-2012 04:16 AM

NewbALewb

depending on what games you like to play stick with a 2gig minimum on video card memory.

Ram- 1600mhz or faster, low timings would also be nice i.e- 6-8-6-24 timings are pretty low. 6 gigs + . i think that quad channel ram is the new stuff.

CPU - i7 or i5

Power supply - 750w or greater -

Video Card - Nvidia 600 series-

Motherboard - whatever you want, I would personally get a sli ready board, so that in the long run you can sli whatever card youre going to buy, so that you can increase the life of the rig.

Harddrive - sata 6?

I wouldnt mess around with AMD cpu's , they are cheaper, but intel always dominates.

Chose a motherboard with good on board audio to save you from having to purchase a sound card.

When you put it together, do not forget to do wire management so that your hardware stays nice a cool.

Let us know what you finally go with !

12-15-2012 01:55 PM

poutanen

I had an '87 Hardtop MR2 I was going to turn into a track car. It had no power options so would have been the lightest stiffest MKI MR2 from the factory. I ended up abandoning that project when I got my MKII MR2 Turbo. The MKI has pretty bad brakes to begin with (relatively speaking), suspension options were harder to find than the MKII, smaller stock rim/tire size, etc. etc. etc. Plus the engine bay way pretty small. The MKII was way easier to work on.

Now the '77 Celica I've got certainly doesn't have great brakes, but there are many swaps I can do from late 80's toyotas that will be bolt on or nearly so, and the car's lighter and the engine bay bigger.

I really loved driving MR2s (owned 4 in total) but I think I'm sick of the Japanese Ferrari now! So many options for the Celica, the only thing stopping me from putting in a 2JZ-GE (and then using a turbo kit or the factory GTE turbo stuffs) w/W58 is the weight. It would practically drop right into the engine bay. Some guys use engine mounts from the MKII supra to put 7M-GTEs into late 70's celicas. It's all doable...

12-15-2012 01:53 AM

Capita2JZGTE

You've got me hating myself right now :P.
I almost bought an '86 MR2 I seen while walking around a pawnshop waiting for my background check lol.
I seen it and all kinds of ideas started floating through my head.
I so wanted to drop a built 2zzge inside.
I wonder if it's still there?

Lol not entirely sure what you mean by that in regards to the amd, vs intel. But assuming you put a turbo, a mild cam, and a tune on that 1uz and the 2jz was stock then you would have quite the upset.

LOL I was agreeing with you that unless you need a 10k+ point CPU, AMDs are a better value. I even posted a link with a list full of AMD CPUs having great value! When I built mine Intel was ahead, they tend to go back and forth.

Yeah owned a 1UZ at one point unfortunately it was bone stock (expect for removing the restrictive 4 cat system and replacing it with an X-pipe).

I've been debating for a LONG time what to put in my '77 Celica. A 7M-GTE would be a nearly bolt in swap, or as close as it would get when putting a 10 year newer engine in my car. A 2JZ-GTE can bolt to a W58 so it'd also be a relatively easy swap, but they're too heavy for that car (so is the 7M-GTE)... The 1UZ is what I really want to do, but to do a good job requires a custom bellhousing (not crazy about the plate idea) to mate it to either the W58 or R154. And then I'd still probably get the bug to go for more power. And trying to cram a single or twin turbo setup into an already tight gap between frame rails would be more than I'm willing to get into for a project car.

SO... I think the engine for me is a 1G-GTE. It's a 2.0L I6 turbo, didn't come with that much power but it's a better size for the small car, relatively light, bolts to the W58, and it's already a turbo so no need to find or fab a turbo manifold if I felt like upgrading. Could just drop it in and do BPU upgrades as necessary. Now to find me one!

While I agree Intels high end cpu's tend to outperform Amd's high ends. If you're looking for a budget gaming build, IMO Amd is the better choice.

Oh yeah and 1UZ-FEs are better than 2JZ-GTEs...

12-15-2012 12:22 AM

Capita2JZGTE

While I agree Intels high end cpu's tend to outperform Amd's high ends. If you're looking for a budget gaming build, IMO Amd is the better choice.

Right now you can get an 8 core AMD running at 4.2 Ghz for $210

Intel's equivilent is a 6 core running at 3.9 Ghz for $1029

Now whether or not the intel shows better performance on benchmarks I can't tell you. But I'm willing to bet there's not a game on the market now or in the near future that the AMD wouldn't absolutely crush on Ultra settings.

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